Publications - Articles

 

International Peer Reviewed Articles

• Downes, P. (2011). The neglected shadow: European perspectives on emotional supports for early school leaving prevention, The International Journal of Emotional Education, Volume 3, Number 2, 3-36
  
• Ivers, J. & Downes, P (2011). A phenomenological reinterpretation of Horner's fear of success in terms of social class. European Journal of Psychology of Education, (First published online, August 31, 2011)
• Paul Downes (2007)' Intravenous Drug Use and HIV in Estonia: Socio-Economic Indicators Regarding the Right to Health for Its Russian-Speaking Population' Liverpool Law Review, Special Issue on Historical and Contemporary Legal. Issues on HIV/AIDS, Vol.2. pp. 271-317
• Downes, P., Maunsell, C., McLoughlin, V & Taljunaite, M.(2006). Lifelong learning in Ireland and Lithuania: Some examples of Irish policy and practice for Lithuania to consider? Filosofija.Sociologija (ed. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences), No.4 pp.29-36

• Downes, P. (2005). Failures of social policy: Heroin, HIV and social marginalization among the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia (2005) Socialna Pedagogika (Slovenia), Vol. 9, No.3, 449-468.

• Downes, P. (2003). The New Curriculum of Social, Personal and Health Education in Irish Primary Schools: Self-Awareness, Introversion and the Role of the Teacher Kwartalnik Padagogiczny (Journal of Education, Poland), no. 4. Vol. 190

Professional Magazines / Journals

• Kazmierczak-Murray S. (2011). Enhancing hearing in the classroom. Update. Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists’ Newsletter.
• 'Mental health strategy for deprived children
  missing from education plan' by Paul Downes. Combat Poverty's Summer 2008 Action on Poverty Today issue 21.
• 'Familiscope: An integrated approach' by Siobhán O'Reilly, coordinator of Familiscope, Ballyfermot. In Touch Magazine Jan/Feb 2008 issue.
• 'Educational Disadvantage: Next steps for new government?' by Paul Downes, Director Educational Disadvantage Centre. In Touch Magazine Jan/Feb 2008 issue
• Downes, P. (2006) A New Network: QDOSS. Quality Development of Out of School Services in Childlinks, Issue 3
• Kazmierczak S. (2007). The importance of phonological awareness training in infant classes. Reading News. Reading Association of Ireland Newsletter.

 

Newspaper Articles

Pupils struggling with hunger and emotional problems in classroom

Irish Independent, Tuesday 1st December 2009

Poorer pupils too stressed to sleep

Irish Independent, Monday 30th June 2008

Poverty linked to pre-school place shortage

Thursday 26th June 2008. Irish Examiner

Life-long learning

Irish Independent, Thursday February 7th 2008.

Less than 3% of spending on education goes to adult training

Irish Independent, Thursday February 7th 2008

Putting our children at a disadvantage

Irish Independent, Wednesday September 26th 2007

Unfair burden on the poorest children

Irish Independent, Wednesday September 26th 2007

Call for 'radical' change to help poorer pupils to achieve at school

Irish Times, Tuesday September 18th 2007.

Mags for kids call

Irish Daily Mirror, Tuesday September 18th 2007

Book editors call for health and education to be linked

Irish Examiner, Tuesday September 18th 2007

Dealers are 'forcing deprived teens' to mind their drugs'

Irish Independent, Friday June 29th 2007

Third of pupils too hungry to do school work, survey finds

Irish Times, Wednesday June 27th 2007

Poor schoolwork linked to hunger in Dublin study

Irish Times, Saturday December 9th 2006

 

International Newspaper Articles

Reviews of Downes, P. (2003). Living with heroin: HIV, Identity and Social Exclusion among the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia.Legal Information Centre for Human Rights, Tallinn/ Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin.

Estonia: Russian-language papers

• Aliens' syndrome (‘SINDROM INOSTRANCEV’). In Molodezh Estonii p.3, 18 June, 2003

• Heroin in social context (‘GEROIN V SOCIALNOM KONTEKSTE’). In Molodezh Estonii p. 6, 18 June 2003

• Non-Estonian is a disputable notion (‘NEESTONEC - PONYATIE SPORNOE’). In Molodezh Estonii p.3, 19 June 2003

• Integration into heroin: Thoughts spoken after reading one book (‘INTEGRATIA V GEROIN: MISLI VSLUH PO PROCHTENII ODNOY KNIGI’) by Lyoobov Semyonova in Molodezh Estonii p.7, 28 June 2003

• Heroin and integration (‘GEROIN I INTEGRATSIA’). In Estonia 21 June 2003

Estonia: Estonian-language newspapers

• Irish scholar studies Kopli drug addicts (‘IIRI TEADLANE UURIB KOPLI NARKOMAANE’). In Eesti Express, p.7, 3 July 2003

• Living with heroin: Book Review by Sergei Stadnikov. In Eesti Express, p.8, 24 July 2003

• Scholar: language requirements will result in drug addiction (‘TEADLANE: KEELENOUE TEKITAB NARKOSOLTLASI’). In Postimees 18 August 2003

• A tough evaluation (‘KARM HINNANGE’). Marek Dreving, Opinion Column Review of Living with heroin. In Postimees 18 August 2003

Latvia: Russian-language newspapers

• Linguistic reform will lead to needle (‘YAZYKOVAYA REFORMA DO IGLY DOVEDET’) Vesti Segodnya, 20 June 2003

• School reform will make Russian youth sit on the needle (‘REFORMA SHKOLY SAZHAET RUSSKUYU MOLODEZH NA IGLU’). In Vesti Segodnya 26 June 2003

• Russian schools: Living without heroin (‘RUSSKAYA SHKOLA: ZHIZN BEZ GEROINA’). In Vechernyaya Riga, 25 June 2003

• In Vremena i nravi (‘The Times and Culture’), 26 June, 2003

• “I'll die soon, and it is good ("YA SKORO UMRU, I ETO HOROSHO") In Chas, 25 June, 2003

• Living with heroin (‘ZHIZN S GEROINOM’). In Chas, 11 July, 2003

• Latvia: Irish Scientist: Educational reforms in Latvia and Estonia are extreme (IRIJAS ZINATNIEKS: IZGLITBAS REFORMAS LATVIJA UN IGAUNIJA IR EKSTREMAS) Letas ziņas (Latvian-language national news agency) 19 June 2003

Other:

• Estonia: Linguistic minorities in Estonia: Discrimination must end. (2006) Amnesty International

• 'New approach to drug prevention good on paper, lacking in practice' (Monday May 16th 2005. Baltic Times)

• Living with heroin…Review. Drugnet Ireland, newsletter of the Drug Misuse Research Division of the Health Research Board, (2004), Issue 10, (March), p.17

• Hearing a lost generation speak out. The Baltic Times (August 14 - 20, 2003), p.7-8. Review by Steve Roman.

• New Drug Policy: Good on paper lacking in practice. The Baltic Times, March 16 2005

• Living with heroin, Bookshelf Review: Drugnet Europe, bimonthly newsletter of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2003), Vol 43 (September-October), p.4

• Buchtipp- Leben mit Heroin. In SUPRO Web Newsletter on Drug Prevention (Austria) 22 August 2003

 

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